Chapter 18 18. The snowstorm is coming
“I swear, I will never look down on spareribs again.”
After a gust of wind and lingering clouds passed, Qin Zheng held his stomach, which was expressionless. He sat on the wooden chair of the Shen family and hiccupped.
The six dishes in front of the table were all eaten, including the braised pork soup. He also finished three bowls of rice in the pot.
Shen Xingluo fell into silence as he looked at the scene in front of him. His bowls and chopsticks had never shone so brightly before.
"These pork bones are meatless and ugly. How come they are so delicious?"
Qin Zheng smashed his lips and thought about it. As for the Qin family's education over the years - is that a miracle? Nothing matters when it comes to delicious food!
"Xing Luo, sister-in-law, is it true that you are not a descendant of any imperial chef?"
"You have tasted delicious food from all over the world, but have you ever known which imperial chef can make the same taste?"
"Same."
That would be even stranger!
Qin Zheng couldn’t figure it out, Qin Zheng didn’t understand.
But the biggest advantage of this kid is that he is open-minded and not too serious. He quickly forgets about it when he doesn't get the answer.
“You said you lived well in Fucheng, why did you move to the countryside?”
“Pure.”
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Qin Zheng was successfully choked by these two words, and his eyes stayed on the side of his friend's face for a long time.
"Don't worry, leave this matter to me. With my connections in the Qin family, can I still find a miracle doctor who can remove scars?"
Shen Xingluo glanced at him lightly, "You Can you represent the Qin family?”
“Hey, can you speak politely? I have more money than I can spend in my lifetime!”
Under heavy rewards, there must be brave men, do you understand?
After this classmate became disabled, his temper became even worse than before, and he always spoke out to poke people's hearts.
Although Shen Xingluo was not easy to get along with, Qin Zheng still had no intention of leaving. He waited until the sun went down before slowly getting on his luxurious mount.
"Can I come more often in the future?"
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Shen Xingluo met the reluctant eyes of a grown man, and the corners of his mouth twitched.
"The old man in the village said that there may be a snowstorm this year. Remember to prepare more food when you go back, so as not to starve to death."
"My Qin family has a food store, don't worry."
“Then take me to the house.”
“Are you serious?”
"It's up to you whether you want to or not."
In his previous life, he only learned about Qin Zheng later.
When the snowstorm came, the hungry people in Lin'an Mansion robbed many grain stores, and the Qin family, as imperial merchants, were not spared.
The Qin Mansion sneaked into the Qin Mansion at night and was burned to death. Qin Zheng suddenly wanted to play in the snow that day to escape the disaster and became the only survivor of the three rooms of the Qin family.
I have to say that this idiot is a bit lucky.
"It's up to you. When I get home, I'll tell the shopkeeper to transport more rice and noodles."
The Qin family's carriage quickly disappeared in Shenjia Village, and the inhumane carriage emitted a dazzling light under the fiery red sunset. , there was a faint exclamation from someone in the car.
Shen Xingluo: "."
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After a busy few days, the infrastructure construction of the Shen family courtyard was completed.
The kangs in the three bedrooms have been dried and can be heated up quickly by putting firewood in the stove.
An iron stove was also installed in the living room in the middle. Cheng Xi used his natural power to dig a round hole in the north wall and connect the iron pipe out. There was no smell of smoke at all in the room.
All the paper windows in the north house have been sealed with a layer of sealing. In addition, simple sliding windows have been made with wooden boards. Once the windows are broken, they can be closed at any time to prevent wind and snow.
The cellar in the yard is filled with vegetables, enough to feed them for a year.
The chicken and duck house was built entirely of red bricks, with a thick layer of sun-dried straw on top. The chickens and ducks inside would ring in on time every morning.
Five thousand kilograms of grain were neatly placed in the cellar under the kitchen plank. Under the chopping board were two hundred kilograms of rice and noodles that Cheng Xi had bought one after another in recent days.
The earthen wall outside the small courtyard has been raised to two and a half meters. Most people can't see what's going on inside from the outside. The top of the wall is tied with a layer of chopstick-thick wire. You can only see clearly when you get close.
This small farmhouse with a small area has become a copper wall and an iron wall. It can be said that it is armed to the teeth. Inside the North House.
Shen Xingluo used an iron hook to open the iron furnace door and added a few pieces of charcoal. The thinner parts of the iron sheet were burned red.
"It's so warm~"
Shen Xingqi stared at Tie Biaoda for a long time, still unable to conceal the surprise in her eyes.
“I used to shiver with cold during the winter, but my home has never been so warm!”
Look what everyone is wearing now?
The dress you often wear when going out in spring!
And now she feels sweaty whenever she moves, and her home is actually warmer than spring!
“Sister-in-law, this iron stove is much easier to use than a brazier. How did you come up with the idea?”
Putting charcoal on the brazier can indeed keep out the cold, but you must always open the windows in the house. It needs to be well ventilated, so that if it gets hot here, the cold wind will blow over there and you will doubt your life.
Where is it like now, with warmth all over the body.
At this moment, Shen Xingqi completely fell in love with winter.
"Just use your brain."
Beside the window, Cheng Xi calmly took back the thermometer. It was already minus 8 degrees.
“The solutions are all thought up by people.”
“To solve a problem, we must first find the problem, and then analyze it from all aspects, list all possibilities, and eliminate a few that are not Maybe, if you find the key points and make bold assumptions, and finally verify them one by one, the problem will be solved."
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Shen Xingqi looked confused.
Cheng Xi patted her little head, "For example, when you saw the brazier, wouldn't you be confused that it could provide heat but still make you feel cold?"
< br>"But this is how everyone came here?"
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She lost.
The influence of feudal ideology is deeply rooted and cannot be overcome in a short time.
Shen Xingluo, who had remained silent, gave her a sharp look, then lowered his eyes to hide his deep thoughts.
Her way of thinking has become its own.
Seemingly simple but full of infinite wisdom, just a few words can be used in any matter. From going down to the brazier to major court affairs, all problems can be solved in one sentence of hers.
In fact, what the world lacks is not the brain to solve problems, but the eyes to discover them.
Just like Xingqi now.
“Bang bang!”
“Is Xing Luo there?!”
The courtyard door was knocked, breaking the three people’s meditation and conversation.
Shen Xingluo put on a thick cotton coat and pushed out the door. The north wind outside was cold and biting, scraping his face as hard as a knife.
He opened the door and a familiar figure appeared at the door.
"Uncle Shuanzi?"
The person who came was a carpenter from the village. He smiled when he saw Shen Xingluo holding a few wooden things.
"Xing Luo, I'm here to deliver something to your family."
Cheng Xi heard the sound and followed him.
"Uncle Shuanzi, is the wooden trough ready?"
"Ah, yes, it was delivered just after it was finished. Oops, why did it start to snow?"
Two People looked up at the sky, and snowflakes fell in large tracts, and the drops quickly melted on their faces.
Shen Xingluo and Cheng Xi looked at each other with solemn eyes.
The snowstorm is coming.
(End of this chapter)